J. Timothy “Tim” Bickmore
Executive Vice President, General Manager Commercial Business Services
TransCore

Mr. Bickmore serves as TransCore’s executive vice president and general manager for the commercial business services group, promoted to this position in January 2007. His role encompasses both the company’s commercial businesses serving the fleet market including freight matching, operations management, fleet compliance, satellite communication sales, as well as overseeing the company’s domestic and international radio frequency identification (RFID) sales and marketing for the rail, intermodal, fleet, parking, logistics, and homeland security markets. His responsibilities also include the international sales for TransCore’s RFID-based electronic toll collection technology.

Prior to TransCore’s acquisition of Amtech Systems from Intermec Technologies in July 2000, Mr. Bickmore led Intermec’s $20 million RFID sales unit and in 1998 won Intermec’s President’s Award. For three years, Mr. Bickmore served as managing director of Amtech Systems’ European operations, headquartered in Paris, France.

Mr. Bickmore currently sits on the board of directors for three Hong Kong-based companies, and for two years served as vice chairman of the board of Beijing Sutong, a toll technology company with operations in Beijing, China.

Mr. Bickmore has worked in the transportation industry for over 34 years with more than 15 years managing worldwide RFID sales and 17 years in Railroad line operations, information technology, industrial engineering, terminals and management.

Mike Bodden
Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
ALK Technologies

Currently Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Mike’s primary expertise since joining the company in August 1983 has been software design and architecture, and applications programming particularly associated with transportation issues.

Mike directed the development of the Door-to-Door product line from ALK’s former TravRoute division: the first computer-based mapping product to provide street-level driving directions for the entire United States. Door-to-Door was the flagship product in, and serves as the backbone for, the award-winning CoPilot® in-vehicle route guidance product line.

Serving as the Lead Programmer and Project Manager, his team developed a motive power system for Canadian National Railways. CN's operations control center uses the network of high-resolution color graphic user and projector workstations, 24 hours per day, to manage the daily operations of their entire fleet of locomotives.

Mike was the original developer of ALK's PC*MILER® computer-based highway routing and mileage guide. He also served as the lead designer and developer of a fuel tax reporting system. Together, these two products are used extensively by state fuel tax auditors and throughout the trucking industry.

Kevin Burch
President, Jet Express Inc.
Immediate Past Chairman, Truckload Carriers Association

Kevin has 35 years of experience in the trucking industry, including LTL, TL, Air Freight and consolidation. Since 1990, he has been President of Jet Express, Inc., as well as a partner in the company. Under Kevin’s leadership, Jet Express currently has 90 company drivers, 320 owner-operators and 600 trailers. The company handles up to 500 truckloads per day throughout the United States, primarily for the “just-in-time” automotive industry. Providing excellent service, the company was awarded the prestigious “Worldwide Supplier Award” 3 consecutive years.

Kevin is currently Chairman of the Truckload Carrier’s Association, based in Alexandria, VA.

Kevin has been an active member of the American Trucking Association since 1990. He was recently Chairman of the Labor and Regulatory Committee and also serves on the Membership and Communication/Image committees.

He is a member of the Ohio Trucking Association, the Miami Valley Transportation Club in Dayton, OH, the Saginaw, MI Transportation Club and is involved in numerous committees including the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission.

Kevin is a hands-on leader who believes in team sharing on all projects; i.e.: “drivers drive the company.” He recently felt compelled to get his Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and was issued his license in September, 2008.

Mike Gabbei
Chief Information Officer
Celadon Group

Mike Gabbei joined Celadon in April 1997 as Vice President - Information Technology.
He was also named Chief Information Officer in 2005. Prior to Celadon, Mr. Gabbei worked at Woods Industries, a manufacturing company, as Director of Technology, and at Whiteford Truck Lines as Application Development Manager. He also spent 8 years in distribution.
Mr. Gabbei attended IUPUI and studied Computer Technology. Mike has over 25 years in the Information technology field and has more than 17 years experience in the transportation industry.

Robert W. Howard
President and CEO
RWH Trucking, Inc.

Robert W. Howard is President and CEO of RWH Trucking, Inc. and RWH Logistics, Inc. located in Oakwood, Georgia. Robert has 31 years of experience in the trucking and logistics industry and is a long-time member of the Georgia Motor Truck Association.

Robert began his trucking business during his college years with one driver and one truck. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1983, he worked for three brokerage firms over a period of six years. In April of 1989, he opened his brokerage business, “Southeastern Services,” which is now RWH Logistics.

Due to customer demand, Robert established RWH Trucking, Inc., a long-haul refrigerated trucking company that now runs 140 trucks across the continental U.S. Its major long-time customers include: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Wayne Farms, LLC, The Hershey Company, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc., which includes Nestlé®,  Häagen-Dazs® and Edy’s®.

Seeing the importance of using technology to advance his business, RWH chose McLeod Software’s LoadMaster® system in 1991 as its transportation management solution. His LoadMaster system now interfaces with ALK Technologies’ PC*Miler, QUALCOMM, Squarerigger, Comdata and IDSC.

In 2009, RWH Logistics purchased the McLeod iLENS™ 3PL freight procurement and management software, allowing RWH to provide a complete transportation solution and to secure their first dedicated contract with the country’s 4th largest poultry producer.

Alain Kornhauser
Founder and Chairman
ALK Technologies

Dr. Kornhauser is the Founder of ALK Technologies, Inc. His full-time occupation is Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University, where he is also Director of the Interdepartmental Transportation Research Program, Co-Director of the Center for Transportation Information and Decision Engineering and an affiliated faculty member of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Alain's recent research includes the application of large-scale network models, stochastic optimization techniques, and computer graphics to transportation problems. He is also studying fundamental aspects of human information processing, which he is applying to the design of neural networks, expert systems, robotics and automated highway systems.

Another important area of Alain's research focuses on the formulation, development and enhancement of planning, analysis and real-time management models for freight transportation systems, worldwide. These efforts have produced a broad range of analytical tools and software systems that are widely used throughout the transportation and logistics industry. ALK Technologies’ PC*MILER product line is the industry standard for mileage and routing in North America.

Alain has also led the development of the CoPilot suite of portable in-vehicle navigation systems for consumers and business professionals. Recognized by numerous awards, CoPilot is setting the world standard for real-time, GPS based, turn-by-turn directions. CoPilot products that route door-to-door and dock-to-dock throughout the United States, Western Europe, and Australia are widely available for mobile devices, notebook, and Tablet PC hardware platforms.

Alain received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1971. He is a member of many professional societies, has been published extensively in scholarly journals and has made numerous presentations at professional conferences around the world. He has also completed 12 New York City marathons.

Michael Kornhauser
Vice President, Managing Director - CoPilot Solutions
ALK Technologies

Michael is Vice President, Managing Director - CoPilot Solutions. Michael joined ALK in 2003 with the task of establishing the company’s European operations and to lead development
of CoPilot Live products tailored to the European market place. Since then he has overseen the opening of offices in UK, France and Germany; been the driving force behind strategic relationships with partners across Europe and built a team of marketing, business development and support professionals to support the company’s rapid growth.

Prior to ALK, Michael worked at Compaq Computer Corporation as a Hardware Design Engineer, designing system boards for the company’s renowned Alpha Server Division.

Michael studied at Trinity College, where he received a research grant from NASA and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Tom McLeod
President and CEO
McLeod Software

Tom McLeod is President and CEO of McLeod Software, one of the nation’s leading providers of transportation management software and document management systems
to the trucking industry. Since 1985 the Birmingham, Alabama-based company has provided the trucking industry with advanced software tools to help carriers and logistics providers grow and operate their businesses more efficiently.

McLeod is an active member of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the National Private Truck Council (NPTC), the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA). He also serves on the Board of Directors
for the Alabama Trucking Association. An authority on trucking and related technology,
Tom has been featured and quoted numerous times in the ATA’s weekly trucking publication Transport Topics. InBound Logistics magazine has named McLeod Software as one of its “Top 100 Logistics IT Companies.”

David Mook
Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Technology Officer
TMW Systems

David Mook joined TMW Systems in 1987. His expertise in math, science and computer technology has helped shape TMW’s innovative approach to technology for the trucking industry. Mook was also one of the original developers of TMW’s foundation products, TMWSuite. Mook oversees all product development operations including TMW’s PACE Team, which is a new research and development group formed to introduce exciting new technologies to TMW customers and to the trucking industry.

Cindy Nelson
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
EBE Technologies

As VP of Marketing and Business Development, Cindy Nelson provides the strategic sales and marketing direction for the company managing all marketing, communications and industry and public relations activities for EBE. Additionally, she serves as the Division Manager for all of EBE’s Driver Management Solutions overseeing the product management, sales and marketing of the recruiting, safety and driver performance applications.

Cindy has 20 years of senior-level management experience in sales and marketing for Fortune 500 and mid-size technology companies bringing a strong expertise in brand management. Prior to EBE, Cindy spent three years at TMW Systems as Director of Marketing. She also served as Director of Sales, Marketing and Communications for various technology, web-development and IT consulting firms. Cindy spent much of her early career in sales and product management for major computer hardware and software vendors. Cindy is a graduate of Miami University with B.S degrees in Marketing and Management.

Steve O’Kane
President
A. Duie Pyle

Steve O’Kane joined A. Duie Pyle as president in 2006, after more than 30 years in the trucking industry. He came to A. Duie Pyle from New Penn Motor Express, where he most recently served as president and CEO.

At A. Duie Pyle, Steve is responsible for the company’s less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload, warehouse, and distribution operations.  Most importantly, his work is directed towards maintaining and strengthening A. Duie Pyle’s position as a family-owned business, and continuing the company’s history of growth.   Steve views trucking as a people business first and foremost, and believes that maximizing the demonstrated excellence of the A. Duie Pyle employee teams will continue to define the company’s success.

Over the past three decades, Steve has achieved steady personal growth within the trucking business.  After graduating from Tufts University with a B.A. in Economics, he began working on the loading dock of Spector Freight System. Over the next seven years, he rose to a variety of sales and operations positions with Spector.  He worked for three years with Ryder/PIE Nationwide, before joining New Penn Motor Express, where he spent the next 20 years.  During his career with New Penn, Steve served as terminal manager; Reading, PA, division manager; central division vice president of sales; senior vice president; executive vice president and chief operating officer; and ultimately, president and chief executive officer.

Kush Parikh
SVP of Business Development
INRIX

Kush Parikh is globally responsible for business development and sales where he focuses on revenue generation and content acquisition across INRIX’s key markets including automotive, mobile, public sector, and enterprise fleet. Parikh has over 15 years of experience in the high tech sector, primarily in mobile applications, wireless, and embedded devices. His functional expertise varies from sales and product marketing to full profit and loss responsibility in emerging markets.

Prior to INRIX, Parikh most recently ran strategic marketing in Texas Instruments mobile connectivity group. In this role, he helped build various businesses including WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS, and Mobile TV.  Key partners and customers included Microsoft, AT&T, Sprint, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Samsung.

Previously at TI, Parikh served as a consultant to multiple emerging businesses including portable medical devices, mobile data terminals, and multi-core semiconductor devices. He also worked as a principal, where he evaluated the viability of start-up companies for both investment and partnership.

Earlier in his career, Parikh was a product marketing and applications engineer for the hard disk drive market at IBM Microelectronics. Parikh holds a MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dan Popkin
Vice President, CoPilot Sales
ALK Technologies

Dan is Vice President, CoPilot Sales. Dan co-heads ALK’s European mobile navigation business leading sales operations and business development with oversight of direct and indirect sales channels for CoPilot® and FleetCenter solutions as well as development and management of key accounts.

Dan co-established ALK’s European business operations in 2003 and has built a team of sales, marketing, and business development professionals in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Taiwan to support the company’s expansion into the consumer, OEM, and business markets globally. Additionally Dan has developed and oversees a number of ALK’s strategic global accounts including O2, Acer, and BT Global Services.

Since joining ALK in 2000, Dan has held several executive positions within ALK’s Sales and Marketing divisions during which time he has been responsible for developing key corporate accounts and establishing OEM relationships with global manufacturers.

Dan graduated cum laude from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service, majoring in International Politics.

Andrew K. Ronfeldt
Director of Solution Services
SMC³

Andrew Ronfeldt has more than 25 years of supply chain technology experience with particular focus in both warehousing and transportation.  Mr. Ronfeldt joined SMC³ in July of 2006 and is currently responsible for product definition and technical support.   Andrew studied Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University and is an active member of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) and is a contributor to The Open Group’s Architecture Framework (TOGAF) and GS1’s eCom XML standard.

Jeff Sibio
Director, Industry Marketing
Transportation & Logistics
Intermec

Jeff Sibio is the Strategic Vertical Marketing Director for the Transportation & Logistics vertical at Intermec Inc. He is responsible for defining and leading the company’s Transportation and Logistics strategy to ensure Intermec’s products and services meet the needs of the market today and into the future.

Jeff brings to Intermec extensive Transportation and Logistics knowledge that spans over 20 years. Prior to joining Intermec, Jeff worked with leading companies such as Ryder Truck Rental, Transcontinental Refrigerated Lines, HighwayMaster Mobile Communications and USF Glen Moore. At USF Glen Moore, Jeff was the Vice President of Strategic Development responsible for management of the company’s IT and pricing departments, as well as project management of company acquisitions. Additionally, Jeff was responsible for restructuring the company’s maintenance operations, allowing the company to recognize significant profits through more efficient use of maintenance assets and resources.

Mike Spahis
General Manager of Logistics
Commercial Metals Company

Mike Spahis is the General Manager of Logistics for Commercial Metals Company (CMC).  Mike is responsible for all aspects of transportation and logistics for CMC including truck, rail, barge, vessel, and warehousing. CMC Logistics provides high quality, cost effective, logistics services to all CMC divisions which results in premier customer service and safe transportation.  Mike has gained over 25 years of management and supply chain experience while working for Total, a multinational oil and chemical company and Methanex Corporation, a global methanol producer. He also has had experience as a supply chain consultant with Professional Logistics Group. Mike is a member of the National Freight Transportation Association, National Industrial Transportation League and the Steel Manufacturers Association Transportation Council. Mike earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Chemistry and a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Duff Swain
President
Trincon Group

 Mr. Swain started Trincon in 1982 as a consulting service to owners of transportation companies.  Since that time he has successfully created and implemented “profitability” strategies for growing companies, turnarounds and Chapter 11 re-organizations.  Trincon has assisted the ownership of 150+ companies in growing and improving the profitability of their companies.  In addition, he has created activity based costing systems for the trucking industry, developed a Hispanic Driver Program for MS Carriers in 1999 thru 2001, and is the author of “Career Path – the Key to Driver Retention”.

Mr. Swain has more than 38 years of industry experience and has authored several white papers and trade articles on the subjects of driver turnover, cost-based accounting and other topics. A member of the Truckload Carriers Association, Swain is frequently featured in national publications, including leading industry magazines, The New York Times, USA Today, Traffic World and Transport Topics, to discuss issues that affect the trucking industry. He also appears as a featured speaker in the “Fleet Executive” Driver Resource DVD series produced in 2006 by Big Truck TV.  Swain is also a member of NTTC and the Ohio Trucking Association.

Matthew Voda
Vice President Product Management
PeopleNet

Voda is a product management professional with 18 years of experience in product strategy, positioning and marketing for e-commerce and e-marketing solutions. His expertise spans across a full suite of disciplines, including usability, customer analytics, catalog and content management, marketing automation, subscription management, SDLC process engineering, and software-as-a-service (SaaS).

Prior to joining PeopleNet, Voda held senior and executive product management positions with Digital River, most recently as group vice president of product management. In particular, he led development and implementation of a “remote control”, interactive product strategy that substantially increased client interactive technologies and reduced client support costs. Previously, he was senior product manager for a division of Sterling Software and managed marketing analysis for Damark International, Inc.
Education: BS in Business, Marketing from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management

Leadership: Presentations at e-commerce and marketing events, including Internet Commerce Expo, Midwest Direct Marketing Association, Frost & Sullivan Annual Ecommerce Strategies Conference, and the University of Minnesota Annual E-Commerce Conference.

Robert A. Voltmann
President & CEO
Transportation Intermediaries Association

In June of 1997, Bob was named President & CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association. TIA is the only organization representing the interests of North American transportation intermediaries of all disciplines: brokers, domestic freight forwarders, air forwarders, international forwarders, logistics management companies, intermodal marketing companies, and perishable commodity brokers.

Prior to joining TIA, Bob was the Director of Policy for the National Industrial Transportation League. Before his NIT League position, Bob was appointed by President George Bush to serve as Chief of Staff to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Ed Emmett. Prior to coming to Washington, Bob worked for two economic development and area planning associations in Houston, Texas. Bob has also worked as staff director for a committee of the Texas House of Representatives, and as a political consultant.

Bob, his wife Ginger, and sons Griffin and Campbell live in Alexandria, Virginia on land once part of George Washington’s estate.

Paul Will  
Vice Chairman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer 
Celedon Group

Paul Will was appointed Vice Chairman of Celadon in August 2007 and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since December 1998. He also currently serves as Treasurer and Assistant Secretary. He joined Celadon in 1993 as Controller.

Mr. Will has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and finance. A graduate of Indiana University, he spent several years working in public accounting for KPMG prior to joining Celadon. He is a certified public accountant and serves on the board of Celadon and the American Trucking Associations' National Accounting and Finance Council

(NAFC). In 2006, he was recognized as being “Indiana’s Best and Brightest” in Accounting among professionals age 40 and under.

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